[WSBARP] King County Code

Jan Kelly jan at jankellylaw.com
Wed Sep 20 17:25:16 PDT 2023


Wouldn't King County have to be more restrictive to take precedence over
Seattle? If not, what would be the purpose of having a Seattle code (unless
more restrictive)?

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 4:38 PM Ray Cleaveland <Ray at mburnslaw.com> wrote:

> Jimmy,
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> That is my (limited) understanding, but I don’t do a lot of work in King
> County (Pierce is much more reasonable, and I thank God on my knees every
> single day for Linx).
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> If you go to this page on the website, you will see that there are
> specialized eviction notices for King County and ALL of them seem to be for
> 30 days. The 10-day remedy-breach-or-vacate is 30 days, the 14-day
> pay/vacate is 30 days, and even the 3-day Waste / Nuisance notice is 30
> days.
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> https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/local-services/governance-leadership/local-government-for-unincorporated-king-county/eviction-notices
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> That’s at least what I can see. I’m starting an eviction today in King
> county, and I’m petrified that I will forget to cross some “t” or dot some
> “i” and therefore the whole thing will be undone.
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> Ray
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> Raymond Cleaveland
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> BURNS LAW, PLLC
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> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Garg
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 20, 2023 3:59 PM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBARP] King County Code
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> Stupid question likely, but does King County Code apply only to
> unincorporated King County, or all of King County?  Defendant is using King
> County Code 12.25.030(D) in their defense for a property within Seattle
> city limits.
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> It says: Landlords shall provide at least thirty days' written notice when
> evicting a tenant, refusing to continue a tenancy or terminating a tenancy
> for a just cause enumerated in subsection A. of this section, unless a
> longer noticing period is required by state law or the rental agreement.
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> King County Code 12.25.030(D) would essentially render the 10 day and the
> 14 day notice defunct in all of King County, if it applied everywhere?
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